Ensuring Quality Education for Girls During COVID-19: An Elusive Priority?

Jun 1, 2021 | UNESCO
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In recent years, girls' education has been a top priority for governments, funders, and global bodies. And yet, during the COVID-19 pandemic, girls have lost out again. While inequalities have been exacerbated for both girls and boys, gains previously made for girls’ education are slipping away.

IIEP’s upcoming Strategic Debate will present an overview of the impact of COVID-19 on girls' education and will facilitate discussion on the pivotal role of gender norms in education. The Debate will look at how these norms are impacted by crisis, and ask how progress in shifting gender norms can be protected when the pressure rises. How can we ensure that girls' education remains a genuine priority in times of crisis and what happens in countries experiencing multiple crises?

Join the next Strategic Debate on 1 June 2021 from 11am-1pm CEST with:

• Rachel Marcus, Senior Technical Advisor at the Align (Advancing Learning and Innovation on Gender Norms) Platform, Overseas Development Institute
• Rachelle Mian-Djangone, Director of Regional Influencing, Partnerships and Business Development, West and Central Africa, Plan International
• Nicole Gesnot, Counselor, Deputy Director and Chief of Operations, Canadian Embassy to Sénégal
• Charlotte Berquin, Education Officer, UNCHR Regional Bureau for West & Central Africa

Who: UNESCO

Where: Online

When: 1 June 2021   Time: 11:00 AM CEST